JAGS McCartney International Airport (IATA: GDT, ICAO: MBGT), also known as Grand Turk International Airport, is an airport located one mile south of Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island in the Turks and Caicos Islands, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is the second largest airport in the Turks & Caicos, after Providenciales International Airport.
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History
The airport is named for James Alexander George Smith McCartney, the Territory's first Chief Minister, who died in a plane crash in New Jersey, United States in 1980.
By the mid 1970s, two airlines were operating international flights from Grand Turk including Mackey International Airlines with Douglas DC-6 propliner service to Miami (MIA) with continuing service to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) three days a week and Turks & Caicos Airways in association with Haiti Air Inter with direct flights to Cap-Haitien, Haiti continuing on Port au Prince, Haiti operated with Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander commuter prop aircraft.
Previous scheduled airline jet service
Grand Turk was previously served by several different airlines operating nonstop passenger jet service between the airport and Miami (MIA). In 1979, Air Florida was operating four flights a week with Boeing 737-100 jets to Miami. In 1985, Cayman Airways was flying Boeing 727-200 service to Miami three times a week By 1989, Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was operating Boeing 727-200 flights to Miami twice a week.
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Facilities and aircraft
JAGS McCartney has the ability to handle large aircraft, such as Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 jets. The airport also houses a restaurant, rental car facilities, and free parking facilities. There is no public transportation on the island. The majority of scheduled airline service originating out of the airport are domestic flights within the Turks and Caicos Islands primarily to Providenciales International Airport where scheduled international passenger jet service operated by a number of airlines is available. However, international and other charter flights are popular during the peak travel season into Grand Turk.
Airlines and destinations
References
External links
- Turks and Caicos Islands Government: Civil Aviation
- Grand Turk JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) - Visit Turks and Caicos Islands
- Grand Turk JAGS McCartney International Airport (MBGT) - AirNav.com
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